Our second week of’ summer art classes for young artists is ready! Topics include: Improv for Kids- Photography – Chain Maille Bracelets – Mask Making – Drum and Draw Workshop – Abstract Painting – Dinosaur Fossil Making – Basket Weaving.
To see the schedule for the week of July 29, please click on the above link for kids/teens classes. Our first week was sooo fun! We hope to see you.
Eric Taylor learned intricate blues guitar stylings from music legends Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb and Mississippi Fred McDowell. He developed his own unique guitar picking style that would be imitated by many of his contemporaries from the early Houston days such as Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, and Nanci Griffith.
Taylor has headlined the prestigious Newport Folk Festival, played National Public Radio’s “Mountain Stage” and has appeared on both “Late Night With David Letterman” and “Austin City Limits”. www.bluerubymusic.com
“Eric Taylor is a sage musician, a lyrical genius and a master of the guitar.”
with Special Guest BeJae Fleming
Friday, 19th July 2013, 7:00pm
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037
$20 Admission
RSVP –Advanced Sales. BYOB.
Call (724) 452-0539 or email hith@zoominternet.net
Saturday, September 7, 2013 9-2pm
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts, on the Square in Harmony
Exit 88 off I79
Tag sale on glassware and collectibles at the Bottlebrush Gallery in Harmony, PA. Proceeds benefit our mini-grant program Art Matters, which funds art classes for economically-disadvantaged youth in Butler County.
Please visit Harmony’s monthly Flea-Tique on Saturday from 9-2pm while you’re in town!
We are proud to announce registration is open for Summer Art Class Week, July 8-12. This year we’re offering classes in subjects including: Improv/Acting, an Asian Dragon Mural, Photography, Hoodat Dolls, Felt Fiber Sculpture, and Chain Maille Bracelets. We’ll end the Summer Art Class Week with an art show/exhibit on Friday, July 12, to show off your child’s work. For detailed information, click on the kids/teens classes link at the top of the page.
Registration fees include all materials, refreshments, and the cost of the Friday art show. Please note our registration deadlines are by 12pm the day before the class is scheduled to be held. If a class does not meet the minimum registration number, you will be notified of the cancellation at that time.
After paying the artists and for supplies, the remainder of the registration fee is going towards our mini-grant program ART MATTERS to fund art classes for economically-disadvantaged kids. We get requests regularly from local groups and organizations asking for classes to help their clients, so we decided to do something about it. Not only are you helping your own children by giving them art lessons, but you are also helping others who cannot afford them. Thank you!
We are planning a second set of classes the week of July 29 to include clay sculpture, drawing, painting, and collage, so please check back for updates.
In response to requests, we’re offering private drawing lessons every Monday this summer. The classes are $15 a session. Please contact us to schedule a time for your child to meet with us.
Malcolm Holcombe Country Blues~Americana
“Haunted country, acoustic blues and rugged folk all meet [here]…” —Rolling Stone
Born and raised in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina, Malcolm Holcombe is being recognized by the contemporary U.S and European folk/Americana community as a performer of national stature and an uncommonly unique guitarist/vocalist.
If you’ve not seen him in a live setting, this is what you have to do. His presence is spooky and timeless, as one imagines it was like to see Son House or Leadbelly. No emotional stone is left unturned. http://malcolmholcombe.com
With special guest Nic Landon playing old time guitar rags and minstrel banjo tunes. This young man teaches at McPharlin Music right here in Harmony and is quite a talent. I’m sure you will find him very entertaining providing musical arrangements seldom heard in the contemporary era.
Friday, 14th June 2013, 7:00pm
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037
Admission: $10 BYOB
RSVP Required: 724.452.0539 or HITH@zoominternet.net
May’s women’s creative circle, Time for Me. We made peace flags. 🙂
Phil was the first show at Harmony in the House, and we are pleased that he wants to come back to let you hear his new cd The Fall and Further Decline of the Mighty King of Love. Read what our friend Peter Cooper wrote about Phil – http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/02/15/peter-cooper-on-music-fortune-eludes-phil-lee-but-fun-he-has/?repeat=w3tc
Phil Lee on Phil Lee:
“I love Phil Lee. He’s this creature I’ve created who does what he likes and likes what he does.” Other folks like what he does, as well. Not millions of other folks. Perhaps, though, an acceptable amount. “I’m not as famous as I ought to be, but (wife) Maggie says I’m famous enough,” he says. “Maggie’s always right.”
Phil Lee — his last name is actually Pearson, but that doesn’t sound right — travels the world with a couple of guitars and sings, mostly truthfully, “Phil Lee don’t have to work/ He gets paid for having fun.”
Phil makes albums, the latest of which is the brand-new “The Fall and Further Decline of the Mighty King of Love,” and those albums are readily ignored by mainstream radio programmers but happily consumed by the pockets of fans who make it possible for him to travel the world with a couple of guitars. http://www.phillee1.com
If you look up Steve Cohagen on the web, you will be directed to IMDB to read about his work in many well-known Hollywood and regionally directed movies. He’s behind the scenes but in the credits. Steve is our neighbor and our friend, and we are always glad when he has the time to come by for a show. He is also a well-regarded singer/songwriter in the Pittsburgh area. Close your eyes and you can hear him calling Tom Waits to the table. His songs tell fascinating stories and whether on guitar and harp, or pulling off an old Taj Mahal tune on the banjo, we know you will enjoy him. Steve’s songwriting teeters, gracefully balanced in the harmonious mix. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always, always hopeful.
Phil Lee (Nashville) with special guest Steve Cohagen
Friday, 31st May 2013, 7:00pm
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA16037
Admission: $10 BYOB
RSVP Required: 724.452.0539 or HITH@zoominternet.net
The Harmony Ink creative writing group resumes meeting this week on Wednesday, May 8, beginning at 6pm!
Harmony Ink: Creative Writing Group Like to write? Join our creative writing group for teens and adults. Harmony Ink isn’t a formal class– just a way to be inspired and share your work with others in small groups. Harmony Ink meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6pm. Drop-ins are always welcome! FREE. Instructor: Stacie Bonetti . Meeting dates for 2013: May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11.
More than 60 pieces of artwork to look at including a handmade, cut glass chandelier, 36″ in length and hanging at eye level. You must see for yourself– amazing.
Live music by Dennis Malley, Pittsburgh. Refreshments and beverages will be served. RSVP requested but not required. Come out and support our local artists!
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